Matthew McConaughey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-11-04 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Uvalde, Texas, USA
Matthew McConaughey
Biography
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained notice for his supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), which was considered by many to be his breakout role. After a number of supporting roles in films including Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), his breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). He followed this with leading performances in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), the comedy-drama The Newton Boys (1998), the satire EDtv (1999), the war film U-571 (2000), and the psychological thriller Frailty (2001).
In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie (2011), Magic Mike (2012) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and for his leading roles in Killer Joe (2011) and Mud (2012).
McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014, he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles since have included Interstellar (2014), The Sea of Trees (2015), Free State of Jones (2016), Gold (2016), The Dark Tower (2017), and The Gentlemen (2019), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021).
Acting
The Lost Bus
as Kevin McKay
(2025)
The Rivals of Amziah King
as Amziah King
(2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Cowboypool (voice)
(2024)
Sing: Thriller
as Buster Moon (voice)
(2024)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Nine Ball
as Pool Shark Father
(2024)
Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels
as Narrator (voice)
(2023)
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
as Larry Dickens
(2022)
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Sing 2
as Buster Moon (voice)
(2021)
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
(2021)
Come Home
as Buster Moon (voice)
(2020)
The Gentlemen
as Michael Pearson
(2020)
Disclosure
as Ron Woodroof (archive footage)
(2020)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
as Mike Damone
(2019)
Serenity
as Baker Dill
(2019)
The Beach Bum
as Moondog
(2019)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Matthew McConaughey
(2018)
White Boy Rick
as Richard Wershe Sr.
(2018)
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
(2017)
The Dark Tower
as Walter O’Dim
(2017)
U2 at The BBC
as Self
(2016)
Sing
as Buster Moon (voice)
(2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Beetle (voice)
(2016)
Gold
as Kenny Wells
(2016)
Free State of Jones
as Newton Knight
(2016)
The Sea of Trees
as Arthur Brennan
(2016)
(2015)
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self - 'Cooper'
(2014)
Interstellar
as Cooper
(2014)
The Science of Interstellar
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
(2014)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
(2014)
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Self - Host
(2014)
I Am Evel Knievel
as Self
(2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Mark Hanna
(2013)
Dallas Buyers Club
as Ron Woodroof
(2013)
Mud
as Mud
(2013)
Synthesizers
as Woodson
(2012)
Magic Mike
as Dallas
(2012)
The Paperboy
as Ward Jansen
(2012)
Killer Joe
as Killer Joe Cooper
(2012)
Bernie
as Danny Buck Davidson
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Mickey Haller
(2009)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
as Connor Mead
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
as Rick Peck
(2008)
Fool's Gold
as Ben 'Finn' Finnegan
(2008)
Surfer, Dude
as Steve Addington
(2006)
Failure to Launch
as Tripp
(2006)
We Are Marshall
as Jack Lengyel
(2005)
Sahara
as Dirk Pitt
(2005)
Two for the Money
as Brandon Lang
(2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Al Bean (voice)
(2005)
Making Dazed
as Self
(2005)
Absolute Evel: The Evel Knievel Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Paparazzi
as Matthew McConaughey (uncredited)
(2003)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
as Benjamin Barry
(2002)
Frailty
as Meiks
(2002)
Reign of Fire
as Denton Van Zan
(2002)
Tiptoes
as Steven
(2001)
The Wedding Planner
as Steve Edison
(2001)
(2000)
U-571
as Lt. Andrew Tyler
(1999)
EDtv
as Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
(1999)
The Story of Darrell Royal
as Narrator (voice)
(1998)
The Newton Boys
as Willis Newton
(1998)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Matthew McConaughey
(1998)
Making Sandwiches
as Bud Hoagie
(1997)
Contact
as Palmer Joss
(1997)
Amistad
as Roger Sherman Baldwin
(1996)
A Time to Kill
as Jake Brigance
(1996)
Lone Star
as Buddy Deeds
(1996)
Larger Than Life
as Tip Tucker
(1996)
Scorpion Spring
as El Rojo
(1996)
(1995)
(1995)
Boys on the Side
as Abe Lincoln
(1995)
Glory Daze
as Rental Truck Guy
(1995)
(1995)
Judgement
as Deputy Sam Taylor
(1994)
Angels in the Outfield
as Ben Williams
(1993)
Dazed and Confused
as Wooderson
(1993)
My Boyfriend's Back
as Guy #2
Crew
(2020)
The Gentlemen
Producer
(2016)
Gold
Producer
(2008)
Surfer, Dude
Producer
(2005)
Sahara
Executive Producer